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5 Reasons Why An Apple Netbook Will Be Released At Macworld
Posted by | Posted in Rumor/Speculation | Posted on 11-12-2008
by Hadley Stern Dec 11, 2008
Ever since the invention of the Macintosh that has been a battle between the notions of price and quality at Apple. Originally Steve Jobs wanted the Mac to be an affordable computer, “for the rest of us.” Of course once the team crammed all the features Steve wanted in there the computer’s price became much higher.
As it turns out the definition, “for the rest of us” leaves out quite a lot of people.
It is with this backdrop that we find ourselves confronted with the curious challenge of the so-called Netbook.
Netbook’s have an interesting appeal–I find myself seduced by them too. Small, compact, and powerful enough to do things we do a lot on computers and unencumbered by features we don’t need.
Manufacturer after manufacturer are coming out with them, including folks like Dell, HP, and Lenovo. Even without this trend it is my strong hope, and belief, that Apple will follow suit at Macworld. It is in this spirit that I present to you my 5 reasons why Apple will be releasing a Net book (iBook?!) at Macworld.
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